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She was the life and joy of the old house on the Head; she was the center of amusement when she went into company at the church or elsewhere. She managed, too, to be that marvelous specimen of beautiful womankind who can attract other girls as well as men. For one thing, the girl played no favorites. She treated them all alike.
Many of these were women, who mocked at and reviled the unfortunate Englishman, screaming like so many furies, spitting at him, and gloating over his miserable plight, as is the custom of a certain grade of womankind all over the world.
Meanwhile most persons have been content to leave the world to go on its old course, in this matter as in others, and have thus acquiesced in that stern judicial decree with which Timon of Athens sums up all his curses upon womankind, "If there sit twelve women at the table, let a dozen of them be as they are."
"See here! Is your name Banneker, by any chance?" "Yes." "You're the man who cleared out the wharf-gang." "Yes." Densmore had been born and brought up in a cult to which courage is the basic, inclusive virtue for mankind, as chastity is for womankind. To his inground prejudice a man who was simply and unaffectedly brave must by that very fact be fine and admirable.
He held himself aloof from womankind, dwelling constantly on the recollection of his sad mischance. The Thracian maidens tried their best to captivate him, but he repulsed their advances. They bore with him as long as they could; but finding him insensible, one day, one of them, excited by the rites of Bacchus, exclaimed, "See yonder our despiser!" and threw at him her javelin.
"He scorns to enter into the fooleries and nonsense of these idiot people at Fairport. I must do something for him I must give him a dinner, and I will write to Sir Arthur to come to Monkbarns to meet him. I must consult my womankind."
And what is frail womankind to expect from such a brawny animal? 'And oh! to lace his armour up, And speed him to the field; To pledge him in a kissing-cup, The knight that will not yield! I am sure he is tender, aunt. Notice how gentle he looks now and then. 'Thou girl! Yes, I believe she is madly in love with him. Tender, and gentle!
Guido talked on, till he saw that she was not listening, and then he was silent, and only glanced at her from time to time while he heard in his ears the cackling of the vivid lady in green. There was going to be a change in the destinies of womankind, and everybody was to be perfectly frightful for ever afterwards. To be plain, the sleeves "they" were wearing now were to be altogether given up.
'Well, on the whole, you are better away, Jenny. Consider William's feelings. Womankind, even Brownies, are better out of it. Prejudice against proteges, whether of petticoats or cassocks -begging your pardon.
This might, perhaps, be because the heroine of that scandal, having begun to live the ordinary life of womankind, there were no fantastic stories to tell, the county having had time to become accustomed to the change in her and comment on it no more. And still there was a singularity in the silence.
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